Web Feet 1) whatis.com If you are an average computer user and don’t know your ADSL from your adit, then this is an excellent site for you.This site defines every baffling Internet term you will probably ever encounter—in such a way that even mere Esteroids may understand. This site is an exploration tool about information technology, primarily referencing the Internet and computers. The site contains over 2000 individual encyclopedic definitions/topics & a number of quick reference pages. There are approximately 12,000 hyperlinked cross references between definitions/topics and other sites. They try hard to keep as up to date as possible with the latest technological advances. [Editor's note: this website is now whatis.techtarget.com, but the whatis.com address still works.] A great learning site for curious people who desire to learn "how to." Learn2.com has scores of free "2 tutorials" on most topics you can think of. These how-to excercises include how to wash your dog, how to choose a computer password, how to accomplish corporate networking, and how to learn new international business skills. This site’s advantages are limited only by the imagination of the person behind the keyboard. [Editor's note: this website also will get you there, but the direct route is www.tutorials.com.] 3) www.netguide.com One of the emerging genre of reference sites that have been fast appearing on the Internet. This one seems to be a rather well organized and focused grouping of guides that attempt to access your areas of interest with the most immediate and up-to-date online information they can provide. This site contains both net type guides as well as site type guides to accomodate your personal preferences. An excellent independent, irreverent, ongoing video review of all things digital.The duo consists of Stephen Manes of Forbes Magazine and PC World and Susan Gregory Thomas of U.S. News and World Report and New Woman magazines. The two appear on TV in various syndicated venues and their reviews are available on the web. They call themselves "Two analog people in a digital world." These two really cut through the hype and show you how the latest innovations of the electronic age really work and how they don’t. They aren’t shy about explaining when and why the technology doesn’t live up to the press releases. They snicker at the sanitized media world where high technology always solves your problems and products always work. Instead, they live in the real world, where old-fashioned low-tech solutions often work just fine and high-tech companies’ promises and products don’t always deliver. An admirable attitude that should be espoused by more in the world of computer reviewers. Sorry for the short hiatus, but Gromit insisted that his cooperation was contingent upon my obtaining his annual salmon ration at Chitina. Thankfully that has been accomplished, so here we are again. There is nothing so intransigent as an obstinate wonder-cat. Best fishes to all; C.B. & Gromit. | ||
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